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SDTA Template James Idell Interview conducted by Helen Weiss, Historian November 30, 2016 James Idell Mr. Idell retired in 2007 as a Senior Vice-President of Corporate Development after 30 years with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). For the last 21 of those years, he reported directly to the CEO and was responsible for keeping track of business development throughout the corporation and for organizational development and change. Prior to that, he served in various capacities, as a Group level business development lead, senior program manager, and system engineer. Prior to joining SAIC, Mr. Idell worked as a systems analyst for Systems Development Corporation and 4 years as an Air Force project engineer with the Air Force Satellite Control Facility. Mr. Idell graduated with a BS and an MSEE from Cornell University in 1972. THE SAN DIEGO TECHNOLOGY ARCHIVE INTERVIEWEE: James Idell INTERVIEWER: Helen Weiss, Historian DATE: November 30, 2016 1 WEISS: I'm Helen Weiss for the San Diego Technology Archive housed at the 2 Special Collections at the UC San Diego Geisel Library. I'm interviewing Mr. James 3 Idell on November 30, 2016 in the Geisel Library. Mr. Idell joined SAIC in 1977 and 4 served in various capacities as a group level business develop lead, senior program 5 manager and system engineer before becoming senior vice president of corporate 6 development. When he retired in 2007, he had served for 21 years in this capacity 7 where he was responsible for keeping track of business development throughout the 8 corporation and for organizational development and change as SAIC expanded its 9 scope and workforce. 10 Thank you, Mr. Idell, for making time for this oral history interview. We'll be 11 walking through your background, education and then find out about your 12 experiences at SAIC especially here in San Diego. So tell me about your background 13 before you joined SAIC. Where did you grow up? 14 IDELL: I grew up outside of Boston – my whole family is still back there – in the 15 town of Wellesley, Massachusetts. I went to Cornell University undergraduate and 16 then one year of graduate school. I got my master's in electrical engineering with a 17 specialization in information theory. 18 After leaving the graduate program, I spent four years in the Air Force. I had joined 19 an Air Force ROTC detachment after my junior year at Cornell because my draft 20 number was four and it was a way to go to grad school in the era of the Vietnam War 21 and the draft. I had an opportunity with the Air Force to come to Southern 22 California and worked as a project engineer for the Air Force Satellite Control 23 Facility working on upgrade projects to ground data processing and telemetry 24 support systems for both Air Force and classified satellites. In 1976 I left the Air 25 Force. I spent a year with System Development Corporation in Santa Monica doing 26 systems analysis work on various largely government contracts. Wasn't particularly 27 happy there. 28 Through a friend – we were on an outing one day – and I was complaining about my 29 job. He said, "Well my neighbor works for this company called Science Applications, 30 SAI, and he's looking for somebody with just your background." So through my 31 friend, I met Don McPherson who was a division manager in El Segundo, a small 32 office at SAI and within a month I had hired on. So that was January of '77. The 33 company, at that time, had just finished a year of $44 million in annual revenues. 34 Had about 1,400 employees. 35 My employee number was in the 2,600s which were consecutively given. When I 36 retired there were well over 150,000 numbers used and the company had grown to 37 $10 billion annual revenue and over 44,000 employees worldwide. So my time at 38 SAIC saw great growth, great change, and great opportunity. Joining SAIC turned 39 out to be a life-changing decision. 40 WEISS: So before we move into your life at SAIC, tell me a little bit about the 41 System Development Corporation. I understand that it was founded in 1955 in Santa 42 Monica and was the first computer software company in the U.S. Tell me about that 43 whole experience and also how your Air Force background transitioned to help you 44 with what you were doing at that company. 45 IDELL: I was responsible for contracts that the Air Force had to upgrade ground 46 data processing systems both for real time control and telemetry support systems for 47 satellites. I was recruited by SDC through contacts that I had made as an Air Force 48 officer and went to work on a program with the Defense Meteorological Satellite 49 Program in Omaha, Nebraska looking at future upgrades to their support systems. 50 So it was similar work from a contractor basis to a different Air Force organization 51 than one I had worked on as a blue-suiter. 52 WEISS: As a blue-suiter – where were you actually trained and did you see any 53 overseas posts? 54 IDELL: I was what they used to call a Hollywood Solider. My entire four years were 55 spent in El Segundo, California living on the beach at Manhattan and Hermosa 56 Beach. L.A. Air Force station is really an office park and has, other than the gym and 57 the exchange, few of the trappings of a military base. So my hair was always just a Interview conducted by Helen Weiss on November 30, 2016 58 little bit too long. I lived the life of a commuter who had an engineering job. I 59 traveled as part of my job probably once or twice a month to Sunnyvale, California 60 where the Satellite Control Facility’s principal operating location was but never other 61 than temporary duty never had any overseas commitments or responsibilities. I also 62 traveled back to Washington on occasion. 63 WEISS: So you left Systems Development Corporation, got hired on to SAIC. When 64 did you first meet Dr. Beyster? I understand he was an excellent recruiter himself, 65 but you were then recruited through somebody else. 66 IDELL: I was, but Bob's recruiting skills had more to do with me staying in the 67 company. As I said, through a friend, I met a man who had some contracts and 68 needed help and I fit right in. I hired on and was working. I met Bob probably within 69 a year of being hired. So in my mind, I was a fairly junior employee. 70 In '77, I would have been 28, 29 rather, but I took responsibility for a contract that 71 had some growth potential with the Air Force Space Division. Bob, at that time, was 72 the chief business development officer of the company, informally. He took an 73 interest in and traveled extensively to the various operating locations of the 74 company and really wanted to meet the young people who were in charge of and 75 who had the technical knowledge that were the guts of our support to important 76 contractors. Through his normal travels to the various locations, he met me because 77 the contract that I was responsible for had some growth potential. 78 He knew of me and he used to truly enjoy meeting the young technical people and 79 program management people that were in the company, because he wanted to get 80 their ideas. He wanted to see who was smart, who was contributing in the long run. 81 At that time the company was sized so that he could take an interest in every 82 operation and wanted to meet personally ever key person in the company. A tall 83 order even then but it was something that he endeavored to do. 84 WEISS: So you were based in the Santa Monica area? 85 IDELL: When I worked [for SDC]. SAIC, when I hired on to them, had an office in 86 El Segundo, California right down the road from Air Force Base Division. Had maybe 87 40-45 people total in that office spread between a couple different SAIC divisions. 88 WEISS: When did you come to San Diego for SAIC? Interview conducted by Helen Weiss on November 30, 2016 89 IDELL: I will get to the recruiting part directly as it affected me. Two years into 90 SAIC, I was fairly ambitious at the time. I was doing well at SAIC, but I had some 91 friends who worked for Control Data Corporation, CDC. Back in the late '70s, they 92 were industry leaders in super computing and also had classified technology for 93 high-powered onboard spacecraft computers. They recruited me to come to the Bay 94 area and be a salesman for the Air Force because of my background with classified 95 space programs and my data processing information theory background. They had a 96 very small group of people that supported the classified community and interfaced 97 for the various products and research activities that CDC was involved in. It would 98 have been a big pay jump for me and was exciting at the time to be back working 99 with the classified community. 100 So I told my immediate boss in El Segundo that I had taken this job. He said, "Oh my 101 goodness. Good luck." He happened to tell his boss, the operations manager in San 102 Diego and he said, "Well good luck." He told the group manager that I worked under 103 at the time who was a fellow named Gene Ray.
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